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| | California is an outstanding spot for walkers. When you're here in California backcountry backpacking along one of its hiking and backpacking trails is a magnificent way to spend some time. Each one of the many hiking and backpacking trails of California is worth backcountry backpacking. There are so many brilliant hiking and backpacking trails for backcountry backpacking in California, and Long Ridge Trail is one of them, and it's in Tehama County. Now this backcountry hiking trail is pretty long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. This backcountry hiking |
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trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Long Ridge Trail is a very long way away from modern life, and there's pleasant natural prettiness waiting here for you along it. Some
| | parts of Long Ridge Trail are much higher up than other parts of the wilderness hiking trail which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the wilderness hiking trail. With its 8.8 miles of walking distance it's a mid length backcountry hike. This trek shouldn't take more than 8 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. From a rain point of view Long Ridge Trail is a quite normal spot; most of the rain falls through January, and July on the other hand is the | |
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driest. Long Ridge Trail is a one trailhead hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry trek it normally. This wilderness hiking trail is a mid length wilderness hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough backcountry hiking
trail for advanced hikers looking for a splendid challenge. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in spot. This is one of many backcountry hiking trails in the surrounding neighborhood. Summertime brings highs in the 90's to Long Ridge Trail while overnight
lows are generally in the 50's. For the period of the wintertime this spot gets highs in the 40's, and overnight lows during the wintertime for Long Ridge Trail tend to be in the 30's. The total elevation difference for this hiking trail is 3,044 feet which is higher than average.
When was the last time you got out in the fresh air a bit? Long Ridge Trail in Tehama County, California is the fresh air at its best. These wilderness hiking trails here in the Klamath Mountains are the best way to enjoy these mountains.
Briefly about the general area:
So much amusing stuff in the Klamath Mountains, just mind-blowing. Take a side spree to Willow Creek; Long Gulch is in the vicinity, and is a glorious place. Beegum Creek is a magnificent whitewater spot right next door to Long Ridge Trail, and Syd Cabin Glade is a magnificent
spot here at Long Ridge Trail.
Sulphur Spring is a wonderful site to check out while you're at Long Ridge Trail, and if you came to camp Tomhead Saddle Campground is a pleasant place to do that. You think that's sufficient? Just getting warmed up. In the event that you don't
mind getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Cottonwood Creek - Middle Fork. There's so much to do here at Long Ridge Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Wells Creek Campground is a magnificent location for that.
Life's too short to enjoy all
the exciting stuff in the Klamath Mountains. A short journey to Lazyman Spring is always worthwhile, and Cox Glade is right here at Long Ridge Trail. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is one of the destinations in the neighborhood of Long Ridge Trail that are nice to go to, and hey, Jones Camp Creek is a great local stream.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 40.1704, Longitude -122.907
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 8.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
8 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5 hours
Total elevation difference: 3044 feet
Redding Ca Travelodge, Redding
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42 miles away
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Rodeway Inn Redding, Redding
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43 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Redding, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Long Ridge Trail. |
| | Trails Near Long Ridge Trail:
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South Fork Cottonwood Trail, Tehama
County
, 1 miles away, 18.8 hiking miles, 4456 feet elevation difference |
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Lazyman Butte Trail, Tehama
County
, 2 miles away, 24 hiking miles, 3886 feet elevation difference |
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North Yolla Bolly Cold Fork Trail, Tehama
County
, 4 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 2276 feet elevation difference |
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Devils Hole Ridge Trail, Trinity
County
, 5 miles away, 19.2 hiking miles, 633 feet elevation difference |
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Ides Cove National Recreation Trail, Tehama
County
, 6 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 1863 feet elevation difference |
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Pettijohn Trail, Tehama
County
, 7 miles away, 11 hiking miles, 1535 feet elevation difference |
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Cutfinger Trail, Trinity
County
, 9 miles away, 7.2 hiking miles, 1276 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Long Ridge Trail:
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Beegum Creek, Shasta / Tehama County
County
, 10 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 7 miles long (USFS Campground to State Highway 36) |
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Cottonwood Creek - Middle Fork, Shasta/ Tehama County
County
, 14 miles away, Class IV - 11.1 miles long (Knob Gulch confluence to Platina Road) |
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Hayfork Creek, Trinity County
County
, 19 miles away, Class III - 3.5 miles long (Above Highway 36 to Highway 36) |
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Thomes Creek, Tehama County
County
, 20 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 22 miles long (Above Paskenta) |
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| | Hotels Near Long Ridge Trail:
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Redding Ca Travelodge, Redding
, 42 miles away |
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Rodeway Inn Redding, Redding
, 43 miles away |
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Americas Best Inns-Redding, Redding
, 43 miles away |
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Howard Johnson Express, Redding
, 43 miles away |
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Super 8 Motel - Redding, Redding
, 43 miles away |
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